Well, not every actor can boast of basketball height, but we love them no less! We want to show you 6 famous men, who, despite their height, reached real success! So let’s start!
1. Verne Troyer (81cm)
The famous American actor Verne Troyer was born on 1 January 1969 in the city of Centreville, Michigan, USA. The family had two more children Deborah Troyer and Devon Troyer. Verne was born in an ordinary family. All his relatives have average growth, but Verne is very short. His height is only 81 cm.
His film career started in 1994. He was starring in the comedy “Baby for a walk,” where he was an understudy of 9-month-old baby. Over the next 5 years, the actor-dwarf was constantly acting in films, but played mostly episodic roles. His most well-known role was Mini-Me in the films about Austin Powers.
2. Warwick Davis (107 cm)
Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor and television presenter. He played the title characters in Willow and the Leprechaun film series, the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films. Davis has also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Life’s Too Short, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
3. Peter Dinklage (135 cm)
Peter Dinklage is a small man with big talent. Peter suffers from a congenital disease achondroplasia, because of which he has a very small height – only 135 cm. Who would have thought that this little boy, who suffers from achondroplasia, is able to achieve such impressive results?
He started his career in 1995. The first film, where Peter Dinklage was starring, became a low-budget film “Living in Oblivion”.The actor is happily married with Erica Schmidt. They have a daughter Zelig.
4. Danny DeVito (150 cm)
Danny DeVito has always been known for his low height.His height is only one and a half meters. However, this fact did not have any impact on his success as an actor.
In fact, his height made him very popular. DeVito starred in many major films, including “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), “Terms of Endearment” (1983), and “Get Shorty” (1995). In 2011, he got a star on the Hollywood “Walk of Fame» for his work on television. Among other things, Danny DeVito is a great family man. His marriage with Rhea Perlman lasts for 32 years.
5. Seth Green (163cm)
Seth Green is an American actor, producer, comedian, screenwriter, director and writer. The height of the actor is 163 cm. Seth Green acting career started in 1983. One of his first roles was in the movie “The Hotel New Hampshire». The most notable work of the comedian was the role of the son of Dr. Evil in the comic series about Austin Powers in the 1990s.
6. Daniel Radcliffe (165cm)
Daniel Radcliffe, best known for his role in incredibly popular film Harry Potter, is a British actor. Radcliffe was chosen for the role of Harry when he was only 11 years old, and since then he has become very popular.
Some people are joking about his small height, but the actor accepted this fact. Radcliffe has also made an excellent career as a theater actor. So, as we can see, the height doesn’t play a big role in the life of a really talented person.
7. Elijah Wood (168 cm)
It is not a secret that a young actor Elijah Wood became the hobbit Frodo in the “Lord of the Rings” thanks to his small height – only 168 centimeters. He got his first role in 1989. He was chosen for a small role in the movie “Back to the Future 2”.
Then he took an active part in the castings and got a new role in “Internal Investigation” (1990). The most successful films, where the actor starred, are “Sin City”, “Hooligans”, “The Oxford Murders». Totally Elijah appeared in more than 43 films.
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